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JOHN EDWIN RACE AND HIRA M WHITNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 91,264, dated .Tune 15, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR MEASURING- AND WINDING CLOTH, 81.6.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patenuand making part of thesame.

To whom it may concern.

Be it. known that we, J oHN EDWIN RACE and HI- RAM WHITNEY, ofOhicago,in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Clotli-lteasuring and Winding Apparatus; and we dodeclare that the following is atrue and accurate description thereof,reference beingr hadto theY accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification.

IFigure l is a plan view of our invention from the top.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation.v

Figure 4 is a face view of the circular disk.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention relates toan' improvement in theconstruction of an apparatus for measuring and winding cloths, carpets,and like fabrics, upon rolls or boards in dry-goods, cloth, and carpetstoresand factories; and consists in a suitable table, provided witharcel, ieedingiolle1's, index, and guides, as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings- A represents a flame, the rear portion of which isprovided with a top, B, while the frontpart thereof is left without top,as at O.

Upon the top ofthe table are secured the ribs D, inv

the form shown in the drawings, and

E is a smoothing-board, adjustable and secured by the pins F upon thetable, above the ribs.

Suitable guides G, adjustable to the width of the fabric to be rolled,by means of the bolts H, working in the slots I in the top, B, hold andguide the fabrics over the ribs and under the smoothing-board, byinea-ns of which the fabric is kept smooth while being operated upon.

J is auarm, pivoted at K to the table-top, and is provided with avertical standard, L, into which is properly journalled the shaft M,upon which rotates the A smaller wheel, O, whose face is of equaiwidthto the face of the wheel N, is journalled to the under side of the top,B, ilnsuch a manner that the periphery of the wheel, in its revolution,will barely project above the plane of said top, immediately under thewheel N.

The outer end of the shaft M is provided with a wtn'm-threzul, P, whichengages with the cogs of the inde`xwhcel Q, the worm and ,wheel Q, andwheel N being so constructed and arranged, relatively to each other,that each revolution of 4the wheel N will mark one yald'upontheindex-wheel, and be shown by tl/ie finger Rf. i

S is. a"stud passingthrough an aperture in the frame A, in such A'amanner as to beesusceptible only of a lateral movement, and has itsinner end provided with a suitable orifice to receive, and within whichwill revolve the socket-T, the outer end of this socket bein providedwith a slot, U, to receive and hold the end of the board or roller V,upon which itis desired to wind the fabric.

W is a hollow stud, passing through an aperture in the opposite side ofthe frame, and like the stud S, is only susceptible of a lateralmovement.

Passing through, and rotating within this stud, is the shaft X, whoseouter end is provided with a proper crank, Y, and its opposite or innerend is secured to the slotted chuck Z, which is designed to engage withand give motion to the board or roller V.

A circular disk or frame, A', may be secured to the chuck Z, to guidethe fabric in the process of being wound upon the board or roller.

. The legs of the frame may be so hinged or otherwise secured, that theymaybe entirely removed or folded up, so that the apparatus may be packedinto a small compass for transportation, or when not in use; and thevarious parts of the apparatus may be made of wood or metal, as isdesired.

The end of the fabric to be measured having been passed over the ribsand under the smootlling-boards, is inserted between the faces of therollers or wheels N Yand O, drawn forward, and secured to the board orroller V, whose length should be equal to the width of the fabric, andwhich should be secured vin the chucks 'l and Z, as heretoforedescribed.

'lhe guides G havingr been 'secured so as to guide the cloth so that anedge thereof will be on a line with the face of the wheel A', a forwardmotion of the crank Ywill wind up the fabric on the board or roller.Said fabric, in its passage between the wheels N and O, rotates thewheel N, which should be just one yard in circumference. This motion iscommunicated to the index-wheel Q, andthe number of revolutions of thewheel N, each one of which measures a yard, is indicated upon the.index-wheel Q by the linger R.

7h-at we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with the frame A B O, provided with the ribs D, theadjustable smoothing-board E, and guides G, of the measuring-wheel N,the feedwheel O, the arm J, the index-wheel Q, andthe roller V, with thehollow studs S and W, and disk A', when constructed and operating as andfor the purpose above described.

JOHN E. RACE. HIRAM WHITNEY.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, GEO. O. MMCHYLEY.

